Truck.



No. 676,!63. Patented lune ll, I901. D. VICTOR.

' TRUCK.

Application filed Mar. 1 8- 1901..)

(No Model.)

- 07 Z0 07. 2g r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID VICTOR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PAUL BAKEVVELL AND FREDERICK R. CORNWALL, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 676,163, dated Tune 11, 1901. Application filed March 18, 1901. Serial No. 51,686. (No model.) i

T0 @175 whom it may concern: I Be it known that 1, DAVID VICTOR, a citize of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have in vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trucks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved truck, showing the handles opened to form a two-handle truck. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the handles closed to form a singlehandle truck. Fig. 3 is a side elevational View. Fig. I is a vertical sectional view construct a device of the character described in such manner that it can at will be converted into a single or double handle truck, swivel-rollers being provided from the handles whereby said truck can be used as a fourwheel truck or tilted and rolled on the two front wheels, as is usual.

The invention consists in the construction,

. arrangement, and combination of the several parts, all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, A indicates the axle upon which are mounted the wheels B. Y

0 indicates what is commonly designated as the pick-up iron, which is secured ina suitable manner to the axle, said pick-up iron having a curved brace portion a, extending rearwardly and forming a supportfor the mid-rib D. This mid-rib, as shown in Fig. 4, rests upon the axle and is fastened on top by a tongue extension 0, projecting from the pick-up iron, said tongue extension being preferably bent around the rear end of the mid-rib, as shown. .Instead of having the tongue 0 extending rearwardly from the pickup iron said pick-upiron may be provided with an additional semicircular brace c, as shown in Fig. 6, which rests uponthe upper faces of the handle and mid-rib, while the brace c is arranged upon the lower faces of said parts.

E indicates the handles, which have their front ends resting upon the axle-bar, said handles being pivoted upon bolts or rivets 6, whereby their free ends may be moved laterally. To strengthen the free ends of the handles, the mid-rib is provided with crossbars F and G, which cross-bars pass through openings in the handles and serve as guides and supports therefor. The opposite ends of the bars are bent down, as at f and 9, respectively, to limit the outward movement of the handles, the other ends of said bars being straight to enable their introduction through the several openings which are designed to receive them.

The bar G is preferably perforated, as at g, for receiving the end of a locking-lever H, (see Fig. 7,) one of said levers being pivotally mounted in each handle, a spring being provided to force the bent end of the lever into the opening to lock the handle in its ad justed position. In the drawings these looking-levers are shown on top of the handles;

but in practice I prefer to arrange them on the under side of the handles, so that they will be out of the way of the load carried by the truck. Each handle, preferably at a point coincident with its engagement with the bar G, is provided with a bracket 6, in which is mounted-a swiveled caster-roller I.

The construction above described can be used as a four-wheel truck, as is readily understood. When the handles are open, as shown in Fig. 1, the truck can be used as an ordinary two-handle truck, and when it is desired to use the device as a single-handle truck the locking-levers are manipulated and the handles moved inwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position the locking-levers engage the perforations of the cross-bar G and lock said handles in place. I prefer to construct the handles so that their extremities run parallel a short distance when in a closed position, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a truck, the combination with the.

axle-bar, of a pick-up iron arranged thereon and provided with a rearward extension forming a brace, and handles pivoted to said pickup iron; substantially as described. I 2. In a truck, the combination with the axle-bar, of a pick-up iron arranged thereon, a mid-rib attached to said pick-up iron and axle-bar, and handles pivoted to the ends of} the axle-bar; substantially as described.

3. In a truck, the combination with an axlebar, of handles pivoted thereto, a mid-rib and cross-barssecured to the mid-rib fo-r-supj porting the handles; substantially as described.

4. In a truck, the combination with anaxlebar, of pivoted handles, a mid-rib, a cross-' bar carried by said mid-rib, and pivoted le-.

evened 7 axle-bar, of pivoted handles,a mid-rib carrying a cross-bar with which said handles en- .gage, means on the handles for locking the same in adjusted positions on the cross-bar,

and swiveled caster-wheels arranged on .the handles; substantially as described.

6. In a truck, the combination with the axle-bar, of a mid-rib, cross-bars F and Gr bent at one of their ends to form stops, pivoted handles cooperating withsaid stops and locking devices carried by the handles and cooperating with oneof said cross-bars; substantially as described.

7. In a truck, the combination with the axle-bar, of a pick-up frame arranged thereon, handles pivoted tosaid frame, a mid-rib carrying cross-bars cooperating with the bandles, and swiveled caster-rollers arranged on 1 the free ends of the handles; substantially as described. 7

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiifix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 18th day of March, 1901.

DAVID VICTOR. W tnesses;

GEORGE BAKEWELL, ANNA S. GRAY. 

